CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0250
COSMOS 1266 DEB (PELPS)
COSMOS 1266 DEB (PELPS) (NORAD 12429) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12429
International designator
1981-037B
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Apr 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 days29 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1266 DEB (PELPS)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 May 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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